Manchester United could be about to spend €100 million on a 23-year old Italian

New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is set to continue the club’s spending spree by dropping €100 million (£79.5 million, $A152 million) on Paris Saint-Germain and Italy midfielder Marco Verratti, according to Corriere dello Sport.

This would be a joint world record price for a player, matching the €100 million Real Madrid spent on Gareth Bale in 2013.

If United goes ahead with the Verratti transfer, he could soon be joined by his PSG teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has coyly suggested in press conferences that he is very interested in joining Jose Mourinho’s team at United, and recently stated that news of decision would come “soon.”